Print-mounting roller



(No Model.) Y

W. H. LEWIS.

PRINT MOUNTING ROLLER.

No. 563,044. Patented June 30, 1896.

WITNESSES: INVENTQR: 0227-4.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

IVILLIAM H. LEWIS, OF HUNTINGTON, NENV YORK.

PRINT-MOUNTING ROLLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 563,044, dated June 30,1896.

Application fil d January 23,1896- $erial No. 576,544. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. LEWIS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Huntington,in the county of Suffolk and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPrint-Mounting Rollers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the rollers commonly used by photographers andothers in mounting prints and the like on stiff cardboard or othermaterial. In photography, the print or positive is commonly made uponthin paper, which is, during the process, subj ected to a bath. Afterthis step,the paper, owing to natural causes, rolls up with the printinside. In mounting prints a roller is used to press the back of theprint upon the backing, to which it is caused to adhere by a suitableadhesive compound. In these old rollers the handle by which the whole ismanipulated is at right angles, or nearly so, to the axis of the roller,thus making an article which is unhandy, inconvenient, and cumbersome tohang up or to lay aside, and is wasteful of space in packing forshipment.

The object of this invention is to reduce the space required for storingor packing these rollers and other objects, as will hereinafter morefully appear, while retaining all the advantages of the old rollers.

To these ends, the invention consists in a print-mounting roller androller-carrier, combined with a handle and handle-carrier, said twocarriers being pivotally attach ed or articulated to each other, andmeans for locking the two carriers to each other in one or both of twopositions, in one of which the said carriers are in the same plane, orsubstantially so,while in the other position the said carriers are atright angles to each other, or substantially so. The invention alsoincludes other features, as will hereinafter be set forth.

The preferred form of the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a side perspectiveview showing the roller, the handle, and the two carriers all as beingin the same plane; and Fig. 2 is a like view showing the parts in thesecond position above named.

Referring to the drawings, the referenceletter A marks the roller, whichis covered by rubber, felt, or other flexible or elastic substance. Thisroller is suitably j ournaled, as by screws a, to the ears or ends ofthe bail-like sheet-metal frame or roller-carrier B. A similar bail-likesheet-metal frame or handle-carrier O is pivotally connected at itsmiddle portion by a screw, pin, or rivet b to the middle portion offrame B, so that it may freely turn on said screw, pin, or rivet b. Thehandle D is suitably attached to the ends or ears of the carrier 0, asby screws 0. For the purpose of locking the handle-carrier to theroller-carrier, so the two will lie in substantially the same plane, anysuitable means may be employed. The means shown for this purpose consistof a hole, recess, or indentation d in the frame B, which may beconveniently made by a punch, and a pin or projection e on the underside of the frame 0, which projection may also be made by a punch. Theresiliency of the frames B and O suflices to allow the projection e tobe sprung into or out of the recess d. For the purpose of locking theframes B and C in positions or planes substantially at right angles toeach other any suitable means may be employed, as those shown, consisting of the projection e of the frame (J, and a recess, hole, orindentation f in the short arm E, projecting from the frame B, into andout of which the projection 6 may be sprung. With the parts in thepositions shown in Fig. l the minimum space is occupied by the article,which thus requires the smallest possible box for packing, and thatwithout waste space. Also,by reason of the bail-like frames being in thesame plane, it is easy to hang the roller on a peg without having itsticking out in the way. WVhen the parts are in the positions shown inFig. 2, the article is ready for use in mounting prints.

While it is convenient to lock the parts in the positions shown in Fig.1, I remark that the same is not essential to the invention. It isobvious, however, that the indentation (1 costs practicallynothing. Iremark also that in packing a roller with the parts in the positionsshown in Fig. 2 about one-half the space in the box is wasted, as therollers are packed ordinarily one to a box.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a print-roller, the combination of a roller, a handle, aroller-oarrier and a handlecarrier, with a pivotal connection betweenthe two carriers whereby they may be moved relatively to each other, andmeans for locking said carriers in planes at right angles, orsubstantially so, to each other in position for use, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a print-roller, the combination of a roller, a handle, aroller-carrier and a handlecarrier, with a pivotal connection betweenthe two carriers whereby they maybe moved relatively to each other,means for locking said carriers in planes at right angles, orsubstantially so, to each other in position for use, and means forlocking said carriers in the same plane, substantially as described.

3. In a print-roller, the combination of the roller, the bail-like frameB, the handle D, the bail-like frame 0, the pivot b, the arm E, theprojection e on frame 0, and the indentation fin the arm E,substantially as described.

4. In a print-roller, the combination of the roller, the bail-like frameB, the handle D, the bail-like frame 0, the pivot 12, the arm E, theprojection e on frame 0, the indentation d in the frame B, and theindentation f in the arm E, substantially as described.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, this 16th day of January, A. D. 1896.

WILLIAM H. LEWIS. \Vitnesses:

WILLIS B. Down, R. W. BARKLEY.

